Choose a museum

The Vasa Museum
The world's only preserved 17th-century ship, raised from the seabed after 333 years.

The Louvre
The largest art museum in the world and home of the Mona Lisa.

The British Museum
Two million years of human history, including the Rosetta Stone.

The Rijksmuseum
The Dutch Golden Age and Rembrandt's monumental Night Watch.

Museo del Prado
The Spanish royal collection — Velázquez, Goya and Bosch.
About this site
Museums of Europe gathers concise, reliable summaries of five outstanding European cultural landmarks. For each one you will find a short history, what it is most famous for, its full street address and a typical weekly opening schedule.
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